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          <td valign="top" align="left" width="284" height="121"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="006633"><b>What 
            are brightness<br>
            and contrast?</b></font></td>
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          <td width="357" align="left" valign="top" height="121"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Photoshop 
            allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of your image. If 
            an image is too light or too dark, you can use the brightness and 
            contrast controls to improve the picture. Below is an example of an 
            image before and after the brightness and contrast were adjusted:<br>
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              Original Image </font></b></font></div>
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              <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b></b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><img src="images/Jar-GateLight.jpg" width="200" height="200"><br>
                Color Balanced Image<br>
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            <p><b><font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#006633">How 
              do I adjust<br>
              the brightness and<br>
              contrast of my image?</font></b></p>
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            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">It 
              is a simple task to adjust the brightness and contrast in a photograph:</font></p>
            <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1) 
              Pull down </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> 
              the <b>Layer</b> menu.</font></font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">2) 
              Point to <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> 
              <b>New Adjustment Layer</b>. (The New Adjustment Layer will create 
              a layer for your enhancements so the original image remains intact.)<br>
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            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">3) 
              Click on <b>Brightness/Contrast</b>. </font></font></p>
            <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="images/brightnesscontrastmenu.gif" width="217" height="274"></font></font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The 
              Brightness/Contrast dialog box will appear:</font></font></p>
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              4) Check the <b>Preview</b> check box. This will show you your adjustments 
              before you finalize them.<br>
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            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">5) 
              Adjust the Brightness and Contrast levels using either the slider 
              bars or by changing the numericals values.<br>
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            <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Copyright 
              &copy; 2001, Bloomsburg University Virtual Training Help Center.<br>
              All rights reserved. This material may not be used without written 
              permission.<br>
              Contact Dr. Mary Nicholson at <a href="mailto:mjnich@bloomu.edu">mjnich@bloomu.edu<br>
              </a>The screenshots contained in this tutorial were created in Adobe 
              Photoshop 6.0.<a href="mailto:mjnich@bloomu.edu"> </a></font></b></p>
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